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Close Encounters in General Practice: Experiences of a Psychotherapy Liaison Team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Stephen Wilson
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford. Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Katherine Wilson
Affiliation:
Oxford District Health Authority, White Horse Surgery, Chipping Norton

Summary

Experiences arising from the work of a multi-disciplinary psychotherapy liaison team in the primary care setting are described. Special emphasis is given to the difficulties encountered in working relationships. Attention is drawn to the complexity of the inter-professional relationship, its unconscious roots, and its influence on the quality of patient care.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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